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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
May 3 - 8, 2016

(21) Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Nina Betschart Brunner
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steinhausen

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$344,584.25

Tanja Hüberli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thalwil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$437,018.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	79	3	4	8	3	16	1	24	4	14	1	1	US$677,280.20

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	25, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	24	17th	180	US$1,200.00

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool E	Sophie van Gestel / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (12)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:32
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool E	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (5)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:32
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool E	Jagoda Sliwka / Dorota Strag, Poland (28, Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:33
Fri, 5/6/2016	Winner 1	Yulia Abalakina / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (19)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 5/6/2016	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (24, Q2)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:31

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$68,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$70,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	2	3	4	2	9	0	3	3	5	1	0	$393,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	3	0	4	0	14	1	9	0	0	$140,600.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	79	3	4	8	3	16	1	24	4	14	1	0	$677,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nina Brunner												Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$39,900.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00
35	2	3	4	2	9	6	5	1	0	$196,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	63	2	3	4	3	11	13	10	7	0	$276,250.00
37	0	1	3	0	4	18	9	2	0	$76,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	2	3	0	4	18	10	1	0	$82,150.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
93	5	4	8	4	21	31	14	3	0	$344,350.00	Total	121	4	5	8	4	19	40	21	8	0	$436,550.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$4,400.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$4,400.00	5	9	35.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nina Brunner													Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	$12,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	$38,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$23,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,200.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,200.00
17	2	0	0	1	4	4	2	2	2	$8,000.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	0	1	11	9	6	11	$75,950.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	141	72.7%	29	14.9%	24	12.4%	170-24	87.6%	41	27.3%	32	21.3%	77	51.3%	41-109	27.3%	141-77	64.7%	70-56	55.6%	7	4	218-137	61.4%
2015-2016	15	60.0%	6	24.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	16	64.0%	6-19	24.0%	15-16	48.4%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	28-23	54.9%
Against the Field	15	68.2%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	2	9.1%	3	13.6%	17	77.3%	2-20	9.1%	30-34	46.9%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	21-23	47.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	60	30	0	0	28	17	5	6	4	2	2	3	101	59
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	45	22	0	0	22	28	1	3	3	0	0	1	73	55
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	3
Total	0	0	3	1	134	63	0	0	62	54	7	11	8	3	3	4	218	137

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Huberli trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-1
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool E	Gallay/Klug	5	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-18, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	19-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 10 Capers/Kessy, United States 1-0
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	24	Capers/Kessy	9	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool E	van Gestel/van der Vlist	12	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 13 Xia/Xue, China 0-2
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Xia/Xue	8	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	23-25, 21-13, 16-14	0:49
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	Xia/Xue	8	Brunner/Huberli	24	21-19, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 0-1
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 15, Q1 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q6	Brunner/Huberli	24	23-21, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Abalakina/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	21	Abalakina/Syrtseva	19	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Makroguzova/Motrich, Russia 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	Makroguzova/Motrich	25	Brunner/Huberli	24	32-30, 12-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 0-1
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Sliwka/Strag, Poland 1-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool E	Brunner/Huberli	21	Sliwka/Strag	28, Q7	21-14, 21-18	0:33